Tuesday, February 07, 2006

100 Things About Me

1. I am a female. 2. I live in Iowa (United States)3. I was conceived in the "summer of love" and born in the "year of peace" 4. I have a BA in Secondary Education/French5. I am a Marketing Assistant/Graphic Designer for an office equipment retailer6. I lived in France for a year & studied at the Sorbonne7. I was also a foreign exchange student in France for a summer. I lived in Savoie in the Alps. Skiing in the Alps ROCKS.8. The picture on this page was taken in a photo-booth in Paris while an Algerian guy stood outside hitting on me. I was quite annoyed, but I like the pic. 9. I had a great Boston Terrier Dog named Pugsley who passed away in April, 2005. I miss my little wigglebutt very much. We got a new dog in July, 2005. Her name is Lexi and she's a malamute mix. She's a silly nut.10. I have a wonderful Maine Coon cat named Leonardo (after Da Vinci, not Dicaprio or the freaking ninja turtle!), an albino corn snake named Boo and a northern gray tree frog named Turbo.11. I play trumpet, piano and French Horn12. I am a perfectionist. 13. My birthday is April 16 and I am an Aries with a Leo moon and Sagg. rising. Fire, fire and fire, baybee!14. I have blue eyes.15. My long, naturally curly hair is one of my best assets.16. My favorite food is cheesecake.17. I went to Central College. It cost waaaay too much.18. I like chocolate way too much, but it has to be good chocolate with no nuts, nougat or caramel - just plain chocolate. White chocolate is my fave.19. I have an herb garden and lots of perennial flowers. 20. My parents are absolutely wonderful and still married. They are conservative, born-again Christians who are retired and spend most of their time camping, volunteering for the Red Cross or helping build/fix churches and peoples homes through the NOMADS organization.21. I have one older sister who is a full time soccer mom living in Colorado. 22. I have a wonderful son named Derrick who is the light of my life.23. I am married to Chris and our marriage has been quite the roller-coaster ride. He is, however, a wonderful man and my best friend.24. I love coffee and caffeine.25. I wear size 11w shoes which are hard to find. 26. My feet grew a full size when I was pregnant, so now I have a bunch of shoes that don't fit. Anyone need some size 10s? 27. I loved being pregnant and had a very comfortable, happy pregnancy.28. I am an animal lover and have had multitudes of cats, 3 dogs, a savannah monitor lizard, several snakes, a rabbit and many fish.29. I drive a Chevy Lumina - I would rather be driving an Infinity X45 or a Lexus SC400 coupe.30. I ran with scissors once, and YES, I fell down and stabbed myself in the leg.31. I wear contact lenses and am legally blind without them.32. I have a hiatal hernia that plagues me with constant heartburn if I don't take medication.33. I have a hobby that involves making cool boxes with collages of pictures glued to them. I've recently branched out to making barettes and lighter cases in the same manner.34. I think chicks who ride motorcycles are awesome - I want one badly.35. I am a thespian and have been one since 9th grade.36. I sometimes struggle with anxiety and depression.37. I love celtic knotwork.38. I have a very personal, individual spiritual belief that defies definition or labels. Although I relate closely to the earth religions, my beliefs do not exactly mirror those of any particular religion - they are my very own. 39. I detest people who are prejudiced and use it as a crutch to get their way.40. I don't trust our government and fear for the future of our country.41. I am a firm believer in "to each his/her own." If it makes you happy and isn't hurting anyone else, go for it.42. I spend too much time blogging when I should be _________.43. I like camping and hiking in the woods but hate sleeping in tents.44. I have a very fair complexion and can get a sunburn in very little time. I am scared to death of skin cancer since losing a friend to it.45. My favorite place to vacation is the Greek Islands46. I am an experimental photographer and carry my camera with me at all times.47. Mosquitos love me and would carry me away if they could. Their bites make me swell up like crazy.48. I am not easily embarrassed or easily offended. 49. I used to do technical support for a wireless broadband internet service provider. It was hell, but I learned a lot.50. I used to work as a clown balloon delivery person51. I delivered Pizza for Dominos Pizza.52. I worked in a delicatessen53. I was a cashier at a Food Store54. I was a customer care specialist for Gevalia Kaffe - a Swedish Gourmet Coffee Service55. I used to be a trainer for customer service reps.56. I spent several years as a youth detasseling and rogueing in the corn fields. I damn near died out there of heat stroke a couple of times.57. I love experimenting with photo manipulation using Adobe Photoshop58. I love fetish and erotic photography but not porn. It's all about beauty, not shock value.59. I adore Linkin Park - I think they are genuinely talented musicians and their lyrics are intelligent and meaningful. 60. I write my best lyrics, poetry & stories when I am depressed, tormented, mad or really horny.61. I enjoy geocaching & have planted my own cache62. I love snow and water skiing & have a great time throwing around a lot of snow or water. 63. I make bead jewelry & buying beads is borderline on an addiction64. I have been on a low carb diet for months and have lost a lot of weight. I still have quite a bit to lose.65. I am very low-maintenance. I can be ready to go anywhere in a flash and wear very little makeup. 66. I have traced my genealogy back to Ireland, Scotland, England and Germany 67. I am distantly related to George Burns and Bob Hope and I am a direct descendant of the Bard Robert Burns.68. I love asparagus. 69. I love being barefoot and go barefoot as often as I can. Poo poo on shoes!70. I adore stained glass and dream of learning to make it 71. My favorite TV shows are CSI and Lost. I watch the original CSI and CSI Miami, but have never been able to get into the NY one. 72. I am fascinated by ghosts, hauntings and the paranormal.73. I love love LOVE thunderstorms and think tornados are fascinating. The power of nature inspires me.74. My very first date with a boy was going to see the movie "Godzilla vs. Megallon" Mom & Dad dropped us off at the theater.75. I love a good old adrenalin rush.76. I held the title of National Video Game Champion (female) for 1984. It helped that I worked in an arcade & played them all the time.77. I was co-editor of a campus underground newspaper in college.78. My favorite color is cobalt blue79. I was a DJ for a while on an AM radio station - we played the golden oldies. I got in trouble because I wouldn't play stuff I didn't like. 80. I took jazz dance lessons. 81. Sometimes I dream in French.82. I LOVE rollercoasters (see #75 - LOL)83. I am fascinated by tattoos though I do not have one of my own. I'm seriously considering getting a celtic cross or tree of life on my solar plexus.84. I love corsets. My great grandmother was shot and saved by the steel stay in her corset, so if it weren't for corsets, I wouldn't be here. 85. I was a cheerleader my sophomore year in high school. I did it just to prove that I could and because I had a crush on a boy on the team. It sucked, but I got the boy. heh86. I swam competitively on a team and won 2nd in state for backstroke. I always got stuck doing the butterfly, though, because I was the only team member who could do it well. I hated the butterfly.87. I start each morning of with scrambled eggs and a red bull.88. I enjoy target shooting and I am a very good shot. I prefer handguns to rifles or shotguns as I don't like the way they kick. I've never shot a living thing, though.89. I've always dreamed of playing the role of Eva Peron in Evita & know most, if not all, of the songs by heart.90. I am addicted to windows spider solitaire91. I love playing Grand Theft Auto - Vice City. It's a great way to release pent up agression. Two words - tank rampage!92. I think panty hose were invented by very evil men to serve as torture devices.93. One of my all time favorite songs is "Magic Man" by Heart.94. I adore side-shows and freaks. My fave so far, that I've seen, is the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. I wanted to jump in their van and go with them.95. Zoos make me sad because it's like all of the animals are in prison and I can sense their misery.96. My Hair has gone through many transformations. I was born blonde, I dyed black stripes in it, dyed it completely black, dyed it auburn, dyed it bright red, went back to blonde, at one point I had it long in the back, short and spiked on the top and completely shaved on the sides above and behind my ears. Yes, it was the bull-dyke mullet from hell.97. My lucky number is 13.98. I do not do pink. You will not catch me wearing anything pink except for maybe panties. 99. Speaking of pink, my pinky fingers are crooked - bent inward at the knuckle closest to the tip. It's genetic - my moms' and sisters' are the same way. So are my sons'. 100. I have met 21 bloggers since I started blogging and hope to meet more.